April 8, 2026
UNESCO joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance
Author: DPGA Secretariat
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is pleased to welcome UNESCO as part of its growing global community, marking a step forward in advancing open, inclusive, and resilient knowledge ecosystems worldwide. This milestone reflects a shared commitment to strengthening digital public goods as essential building blocks for equitable access to information and sustainable development.
UNESCO’s inclusion in the Digital Public Goods Alliance roadmap brings five of its Open Solutions into focus. These include Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access, Open Data, and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), all of which play a key role in supporting knowledge ecosystems and enhancing information resilience.
UNESCO’s roadmap activities emphasise expanding access to knowledge as a public good, supporting equitable participation, and enabling the reuse and adaptation of educational, scientific, and public-interest resources across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts.
As Mariya Gabriel, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, stated:
“The inclusion of UNESCO’s Open Solutions— Open Educational Resources, Open Access, Open Data and Free and Open Source Software— in the Digital Public Goods Alliance roadmap, underscores our commitment to knowledge as a public good and to multilateral cooperation. Through these open systems, UNESCO supports Member States in expanding access to information and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Highlighting the significance of this collaboration, Liv Marte Nordhaug, CEO of the DPGA Secretariat, noted:
“Through its Open Solutions, UNESCO is advancing open and inclusive knowledge ecosystems while strengthening the development and adoption of digital public goods that expand access to shared, interoperable resources and enable equitable participation in the digital age”.
Through its engagement in the Alliance, UNESCO builds on its global networks and normative expertise to help implement key international frameworks, reinforcing that knowledge and the systems that support it must remain accessible, rights-based, and governed in the public interest.
To learn more about UNESCO joining the DPGA, visit their press release.
To learn more about the activities they will be undertaking as part of their DPGA membership, visit the Roadmap.
